influenza
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The company's vaccine development pipeline also includes candidates targeting seasonal influenza, pandemic influenza threats, hemorrhagic fever viruses, and coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
"The symptoms are classically of respiratory illness, rather like a severe influenza infection or Covid-19 - people get very breathless," said centre director Prof Emma Thomson.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Despite the fatalities, officials have emphasized that the broader public risk remains low, noting that hantavirus doesn’t spread as easily as airborne pathogens such as influenza or Covid-19.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
“COVID doesn’t seem to play by the same rules that influenza tends to play by, where its cycle is predictable.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Mrs. Van Hopper lunched in the restaurant for the first time since her influenza, and I had a pain in the pit of my stomach as I followed her into the room.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing influenza
World War I
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An Explanation of Herd Immunity from "On Immunity" by Eula Biss
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